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Du'aine Ladejo
Du'aine Thorne Ladejo (born on February 14, 1971 in Paddington, London) is an English athlete who specialises in the 400 metres event, competing for Great Britain. He won this event at the 1994 European Championships and the 1996 European Indoor Championships in Athletics. He trains with the Birchfi..
Du'a al-Kumayl
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Dua Kumayl (literally the Supplication of Kumayl), is a Shi'ite tradition, famous among Shi'a for its perceived..
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Duabanga
Duabanga is a small genus of lowland evergreen rainforest trees in southeast Asia, comprising two or three species. Duabanga was traditionally included in the ditypic family Sonneratiaceae, but it is now classified in its own monotypic subfamily Duabangoideae of the Lythraceae. References ..
Duabanga grandiflora
From its peculiar habit, Duabanga grandiflora (syn. D. sonneratioides) is a singular feature in its native forests. The trunk is erect, 40-80 feet high, undivided but sometimes forking from the base. The lower limbs spread drooping from the trunk; these are long, slender, sparingly branched, and th..
Duac
DUAC is the drug name for a topical cream that contains 1% Clindamycin, and 5% Benzoyl peroxide. The topical cream is effective in the treatment of acne. DUAC is a prescription drug that currently (Feb. 2006) does not have a generic version available making it expensive to purchase. External link..
Duach Dallta Dedad
Duach or Daui Dallta Dedad ("foster-son of Deda"), son of Cairbre Lusc, son of Lugaid Luaigne, was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 2nd century BC. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Duach Finn
Duach Finn, son of Sedna (II), was a legendary High King of Ireland of the 8th or 9th century BC. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Duach Ladhgrach
Duach Ladhgrach was a legendary High King of Ireland. He and Airgeatmhar had killed Ailill Finn, who was then High King, only for Ailill's son Eochaid to hold onto the kingship. Eochaid witheld their attacks, and tried to discuss peace with Duach. Duach, however, betrayed and murdered him, and Airg..
Dual
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A dual is a pair or a grouping of two. "Dual" is also the name for many things: For several meanings of "dual" in mathematics, see duality (mathematics)In some languages, in addition to the singular and plural numbers there is also..
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
|} is a thirteen episode series created in 1999 by Masaki Kajishima and produced by AIC, the company well-known for the Tenchi Muyo! franchise. It is licensed in the US by Pioneer LDC, later known as Geneon. In addition to the original run, an OVA special was added to the conclude the series. ..
Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility
The Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility (DARHT) is a facility being built at Los Alamos National Laboratory as part of the Department of Energy's stockpile stewardship program. It uses two large x-ray machines to record three-dimensional interior images of materials simulating nuclea..
Dual-channel architecture
Dual-channel architecture DDR SDRAM describes a motherboard technology that effectively doubles data throughput from RAM to the memory controller. Dual Channel-enabled memory controllers utilize two 64-bit data channels, resulting in a total bandwidth of 128 bits, to move data from RAM to the CPU. ..
Dual-coding theory
Dual-coding theories are general theories of cognition that provide a unifying framework for literacy, for reading. When people read written information, dual-coding theories contend that the readers access orthographic and phonological information to recognize words in the text. Dual-coding theory ..
Dual-covenant theology
Dual-covenant theology is a belief which teaches that Jews will go to Heaven automatically, because of the covenant between Abraham and God expressed in the Old Testament, whereas Gentiles of all ethnicities must convert to Christianity. It is associated with John Hagee, however, Hagee has denied b..
Dual-Ghia
1958 Chrysler Dual-Ghia Coupe Prototype at the Scarsdale Concours Dual-Ghia was a short lived, rare automobile make, produced in the United States between 1956 and 1958. The idea came from Eugene Casaroll, who formed Dual Motors in Detroit, Michigan to build an exclusive car on a moderate price..
Dual-layer recording
redirect [[Template:Mergeto]] Dual-layer recording allows DVD-R and DVD+R discs to store significantly more data, up to 8.5 gigabytes per side, compared to 4.7 gigabytes for single-layer discs. DVD-R DL was developed for the DVD Forum by Pioneer Corporation, DVD+R DL was developed for the DVD+RW Al..
Dual-listed company
A dual-listed company or DLC is a corporate structure which involves two listed companies with different sets of shareholders sharing ownership of one set of operational businesses. In a conventional takeover one business acquires the shares of another. However when a DLC is created, both companies..
Dual-mode bus
Dual-mode bus on the Boston Silver Line. A dual-mode bus is a bus that can run on power from two different sources, typically electricity from overhead lines and fossil fuel. Boston installed dual-mode buses on the Waterfront portion of its Silver Line in 2005. Electric power is required in ..
Dual-mode phone
A dual-mode phone is a mobile phone containing both cellular and non-cellular radios used for voice and data communication. Dual-mode phones are an important component of Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions. A typical dual-mode phone will contain a GSM/CDMA/W-CDMA cellular radio and an IEEE 802.11 (W..
Dual-mode vehicle
A dual-mode vehicle is a vehicle that can run on power from two different sources, typically electricity from overhead lines or ground level power supply and in parallel or alternating from an internal combustion engine burning liquid fuels or gas. Contents 1 Technology2 Logistics3&nbs..
Dual-modulus prescaler
The Dual modulus prescaler is an electronic circuit used in high frequency frequency synthesiser designs to overcome the problem of generating narrowly-spaced frequencies that are nevertheless too high to be passed directly through the feedback loop of the system. The modulus of a prescaler is its ..
Dual-ported RAM
Dual-ported RAM (DPRAM) is a type of Random Access Memory that allows multiple reads or writes to occur at the same time, or nearly the same time, unlike single-ported RAM which only allows one access at a time. Video RAM or VRAM is a common form of dual-ported dynamic RAM mostly used for video me..
Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
A Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) is an artillery or surface-to-surface missile warhead designed to burst into sub-munitions at an optimum altitude and distance from the desired target for dense area coverage. The sub-munitions are designed for both antiarmor and antipersonnel ..
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Dual-sport
A dual-sport, colloquially known as "dualie" or an "on-off road bike" is a type of street legal motorcycle that is designed for both on and off road use. Popular dual-sport models include the BMW GS series, KTM Adventure series, Kawasaki KLR, Suzuki DRZ and V-Strom, Honda Trans-Alp, and many more. ..
Dual-stack
A dual stack host provides two discrete network layers. The term stack here refers to the protocol stack or suite of protocols used in computer networking software. Dual stack hosts run both the current standard, IPv4 and the next generation Internet layer, IPv6. ..
Dual-thrust
A dual-thrust solid fuel rocket motor is a type where the propellant mass is comprised of two different types or densities of fuel. In the case of a tandem dual-thrust motor, the fuel closest to the rocket nozzle burns fast and the fuel further into the motor's body burns slower. This has the effect..
Dual-tone multi-frequency
Dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF), also known as Touch Tone or Tone Dialing, is used for telephone signaling over the line in the voice frequency band to the call switching center. It is standardised by ITU-T Recommendation Q.23. DTMF is an example of a multifrequency shift keying (MFSK) system. Toda..
Dual-Track Decision
The Dual-Track decision of 1979 was a NATO strategic decision concerning nuclear missile deployment which it was hoped would reduce nuclear arsenals for both sides in the Cold War. NATO announced its intention to eventually deploy US short- and medium- range nuclear missiles in Western Europe, in ..
Dual-use technology
Dual-use is a term often used in politics and diplomacy to refer to technology which can be used for both peaceful and military aims, usually in regard to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Many types of nuclear reactors produce fissile material, such as plutonium, as a by-product, which could ..
Duala
Duala can refer to: Douala, the largest city in Cameroon;the Duala languages, part of the Bantu languages;the Duala language, a specific language in that family;the Duala people, an ethnic groups in Cameroon. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated wit..
DUALabs
DUALabs (National Data Use and Access Laboratories) was the name of an American company whose proprietary compression algorithm was used to compress the 1960 and 1970 census data under NSF grant 7249358 to the Center for Research Libraries. DUALabs also received funding for the project from the For..
Duala Bukare
Duala Bukare was the inventor of the syllabary used for writing the Vai language of Liberia, noteworthy for being one of the few sub-Saharan African languages to develop its own writing system, around 1833, although dates as early as 1815 have been alleged. ..
Duala language
Duala (also known by the French spelling Douala) is the language spoken by the Duala people of Cameroon. The language belonges to the Bantu language family. Dictionaries E. Dinkelacker, Wörterbuch der Duala-Sprache, Hamburg, 1914.Paul Helmlinger, Dictionnaire duala-français, suivi d'un lexique ..
Duala people
The Duala (or Douala) are an ethnic group of Cameroon. They primarily inhabit the littoral region to the coast and form a portion of the Sawa, or Cameroonian coastal peoples. They have historically played a highly influential role in Cameroon due to their long contact with Europeans, high rate of ..
Dualchas Building Design
An architecture practice based on the Isle of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. Dualchas Building Design took the traditional vernacular house designs of the Highlands, such as the black house and long house, as their inspiration for modern designs of similar proportions but with open plan spaces, ..
DualDisc
DualDisc is a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group [#endnote_1] and now under the aegis of the Recording Industry Associat..
Dualis
Dualis is a plugin-based Nintendo DS emulator for x86/Win32 computers. It is written in x86 assembly and C++. External links [Official website][Official forums] ..
Dualism
redirect[[Template:Portal]]The term dualism has a number of uses in the history of thinking. In a given domain of knowledge, the idea involves the existence of two fundamental classes of things, or principles, often in opposition to each other. In theology, dualism can refer the belief that there ..
Dualism (philosophy of mind)
In the philosophy of mind, dualism is a set of views about the relationship between mind and matter, which begins with the claim that mental phenomena are, in some respects, non-physical. Hart, W.D. (1996) "Dualism", in Samuel Guttenplan (org) A Companion to the Philosophy of Mind, Blackwell, Oxfor..
Dualistic Development
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. This is an extension of the dualism concept widely discussed in development economics. In simple words it says ..
Duality
The word duality has a variety of different meanings in different contexts: In several spiritual, religious, and philosophical doctrines, duality refers to a two-fold division also called dualism.* In the religion of the Moche of Peru and the Chinese of China, duality is the premise that everything..
Duality (album)
Duality is a collaborative work by Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke released in 1998. It is sometimes said to be a Dead Can Dance album, but is actually not, because Brendan Perry, who formed Dead Can Dance together with Lisa Gerrard, did not participate in Duality. The very beginning of the song "Sh..
Duality (electrical engineering)
In electrical engineering, electrical terms are associated into pairs called duals. One can start with the following partial list: Voltage - Currentparallel - serial (circuits)capacitance - inductanceresistance - conductanceshort circuit - Open circuit ..
Duality (mathematics)
In mathematics, duality has numerous meanings. They are interconnected, mostly, without there being a single master duality. Generally speaking, dualities translate concepts, theorems or mathematical structures into other concepts, theorems or structures, in a one-to-one fashion. Often duality is a..
Duality (order theory)
In the mathematical area of order theory, every partially ordered set P gives rise to a dual (or opposite) partially ordered set which is often denoted by Pop. This dual order Pop is defined to be the set with the inverse order, i.e. x ≤ y holds in Pop iff y ≤ x holds in P. It is easy to see t..
Duality (projective geometry)
In the geometry of projective spaces, including the projective plane, duality concerns the interchangeability between points and lines which preserves incidence properties. It is a special case of a duality for projective space in general, that interchanges dimension + 1 and codimension. That ..
Duality (Ra album)
Duality is a 2005 album by rock band Ra. Track listing Fear (0:52)Fallen Angels (3:21)Tell Me (3:44)Take Me Away (3:50)I Lost Everything Today (3:19)The Only One (3:38)Superman (4:15)Love (0:47)Say You Will (4:00)Got Me Going (2:34)Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (3:46)Far Enough (3:19)Un..
Duality (song)
Duality is the name of the first single from Slipknot's fourth studio album [[Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)]]. They performed this song on various late night talk shows in support of the new album. The song is also featured on Slipknot's live album . It was written by the lead vocalist Corey Taylo..
DualShock
DualShock 2 The DualShock (also DUALSHOCK and Dual Shock) is the standard game controller available for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 video game consoles. The DualShock was introduced in Japan in late 1997, and launched in America in May 1998, meeting with critical success. First introduc..
Dualtriamp
DualTriAmp is shorthand to describe a configuration of audio playback system. The configuration includes 2 (Dual) 3(Tri) amplified systems. One for in front of you and one behind. There is a stereo amplifier for the front tweeters, then another for the front midranges, and finally the front woofer..
Dual (brand)
Dual is a brand name of audio and video electronics. In 1927, a German gramophone power supply manufacturer called “Gebrüder Steidinger” adopted the name “Dual” in reference to the dual-mode power supplies they pioneered. The power supplies allowed gramophones to be powered from mains ..
Dual (category theory)
In category theory, an abstract branch of mathematics, the dual category or opposite category Cop of a category C is the category formed by reversing all the morphisms of C. That is, we take Cop to be the category with objects that are those of C, but with the morphisms from X to Y in Cop being the ..
Dual (electronics)
In electronics, the word dual refers to two devices or circuits that have mathematical descriptions that are identical except that voltages in one correspond to currents in the other, and vice versa. For example: a resistance is the dual of a condutance;two resistances in series are the dual of two ..
Dual (grammatical number)
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Dual access
In telecommunication, the term dual access has the following meanings: The connection of a user to two switching centers by separate access lines using a single message routing indicator or telephone number.In satellite communications, the transmission of two carriers simultaneously through a sing..
Dual accreditation
Dual accreditation is the practice in diplomacy of a country granting two separate responsibilities to a single diplomat. One prominent form of dual accreditation is for a diplomat to serve as the ambassador to two countries concurrently. For example, Luxembourg's Ambassador to the United States i..
Dual Alliance, 1879
The Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary was created by treaty on October 7, 1879. In it, Germany and Austria-Hungary pledged to aid one another in case of an attack by Russia. Also, each state promised benevolent neutrality to the other if one of them was attacked by another European p..
Dual Analog Controller
Sony's Dual Analog Controller (SCPH-1150 in Japan, SCPH-1180 in the United States and SCPH-1180e in Europe) is Sony's first attempt at a handheld analog controller for the PlayStation, and the predecessor to Sony's more popular DualShock and DualShock 2 controllers. Their first official analog con..
Dual band
In mobile phones, dual band refers to functionality that allows a cellphone to support two frequency bands out of the four major GSM (or TDMA) bands. This is important because different countries peg the allowed transmission frequency at different values. A cellphone with dual band 850/1800 MHz, for..
Dual basis in a field extension
In mathematics, the linear algebra concept of dual basis can be applied in the context of a finite extension L/K, by using the field trace. This requires the property that the field trace TrL/K provides a non-degenerate quadratic form over K. This can be guaranteed if the extension is separable; it..
Dual beam oscilloscope
A dual beam oscilloscope is a type of oscilloscope used to compare one signal with another. In such cases, dual beam oscilloscopes are used. There are two beams produced in special type of CRT. Unlike an ordinary "dual-trace" oscilloscope (which time-shared a single electron beam, thus losing about ..
Dual board
The dual board structure, common in Germany and also used in other European countries, offers a structure of corporate governance whereby shareholders (and, often, workers) elect members of a Supervisory Board which then appoints and supervises a Management Board. Compare European Company Statute. ..
Dual boot
Dual booting or dual-booting is the act of installing multiple operating systems on a computer, and being able to choose which one to boot when switching on the computer power. The program which makes dual booting possible is called a boot loader. Dual booting is found in many situations, such as t..
Dual Box
Dual Box or DualBox is the trademark name for the patented tubular sidewall inline skating frame. Designed in 1999 by Dutch Design Engineer Diederik Hol at Mogema, the Dual Box design was devised to optimize the elastic properties of inline skate frames (which the skater interprets as stiffness and..
Dual brain theory
The dual brain theory claims that the two cerebral hemispheres of the brain may sense and react to the environment independently from one another and that as a result of traumatic experience, one half may dominate the other in order to reduce the traumatized hemisphere's exposure to harm. This theo..
Dual cabinet feedback
Dual cabinet feedback is when two guitar or bass speaker cabinets are placed facing each other, and the magnets from the speakers react against the other speakers. Dual cabinet feedback only happens when the cabinets are the same wattage. Sometimes what will happen is the speakers will start to fiz ..
Dual carriageway
A dual carriageway or divided highway is a road or highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land, known as a central reservation or median. Contents 1 United Kingdom2 Ireland3 United States4 China5 Switzerland6 ..
Dual characteristics of God
The dual characteristics of God in Unification Church theology refer to God's masculinity and femininity and to God's internal character and external form. According to Unification interpretation of the Bible, the verse in Genesis 1:27 furnishes a clue as to God's character: "So God created man in..
Dual code
In coding theory, the dual code of a linear code [C\subset\mathbb_2^n] is the linear code defined by [C^\perp = \_2^n \mid \langle x,c\rangle = 0\;\forall c \in C \} ] Here denotes the vector dot product, which is taken over the field [\mathbb_2]. In simpler langu..
DUAL Cognitive Architecture
DUAL ia a general cognitive architecture integrating the connectionist and symbolic approaches at the micro level. DUAL is based on decentralized representation and emergent computation. DUAL is developed by at team at the New Bulgarian University lead by Boicho Kokinov. The second version was co-au..
Dual consciousness
Dual consciousness is a concept developed by Frantz Fanon in his book Black Skins, White Masks. It deals with the nature of the colonized subject, and the way in which they must simultaneously embrace two different cultural identities. It is mostly used in discussions of post-colonialism, but is als..
Dual Contracts (New York City Subway)
The Dual Contracts of 1913, also known as the Dual Subway System, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The majority of the lines of the present-day New York Subway were built or reconstructed under these contracts. T..
Dual Control
Dual Control are Mike Ball (also known as Bally) and Phil Davis (also known as DJ Styles) from Manchester, UK. They are signed to Grand Central Records independent record label, and their music is primarily instrumental hip hop, with a typical Grand Central sound. Steve Christian (of Rae & Christ..
Dual Crew - Shining
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Dual disorder
Dual Disorder in psychiatry refers to the presence of two distinct illnesses occurring simultaneously. Although the term appears to be rather generic, it generally is used to refer to the presence of a substance use disorder such as alcoholism occurring simultaneously with another primary psychiatri..
Dual economy
Economies Sectors and Systems Closed economy Dual economy Gift economy Informal economy Market economy Mixed economy Open economy Participatory economy Planned economy Undergro..
Dual education system
A dual education system is practised in several countries, notably Germany, Austria and Switzerland, but also Denmark, the Netherlands and France. It combines apprenticeships in a company and vocational education at a vocational school in one course. In the duale Ausbildungssystem young German peop..
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA, previously DEXA) is a means of measuring bone mineral density (BMD). Two X-ray beams with differing energy levels are aimed at the patient's bones. When soft tissue absorption is subtracted out, the BMD can be determined from the absorption of each beam by bone..
Dual enrollment
In education, dual enrollment (enrolment) is where a student is enrolled in two separate, academically related institutions. It may also refer to any individual who is participating in any two related programs, but such a general form of usage is uncommon. In secondary school Students enrolled in s..
Dual federalism
Dual federalism is the belief that having separate but equal branches of government is the best option. Contents 1 Taney Court2 Impact3 Departure of this view4 See also Taney Court This doctrine articulated by the Taney Court that tended to limit the national government's au..
Dual Flat No Lead
DFN = Dual Flat No Lead, a style of integrated circuit package that has no pins or wires but uses contact pads instead. See also [Wikihowto: Guide to IC packages] Source Source is Bonnie C. Baker, Microchip Technology Inc. http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/adn005.pdf ..
Dual format
Dual Format is a technique used to allow two completely different systems software to reside on the very same disk. The term was used on the Amiga and Atari ST platform to indicate that the disk could be inserted into either machine and it would still boot and run. The secret behind this lies in a ..
Dual gauge
Rail gauge Broad gauge Standard gauge Narrow gauge Dual gauge Break-of-gauge Breitspurbahn Rail tracks Tramway track [[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit this template]] Sunlight reflects off dual-gauge tracks near Chur, Switzerland Mixed-gauge track and pointwork (1435 mm and ..
Dual graph
In mathematics, a dual graph of a given planar graph G has a vertex for each plane region of G, and an edge for each edge joining two neighboring regions. The term "dual" is used because this property is symmetric, meaning that if G is a dual of H, then H is a dual of G; in effect, these graphs ..
Dual Headphone Adapter
A dual headphone adapter is a device that allows two headphones to be connected through to one audio jack. They are quite useful when wanting to share music with friends, such as on an MP3 player, CD player, or boombox. Although earbuds, a type of headphone design, can be shared with a friend (with ..
Dual Hearts
Dual Hearts is a role-playing game for the Playstation 2, released in 2002. In the United States it was released by Atlus. Story The plot begins with a treasure hunter, named Rumble, learning about a treasure on an island, and so he sets out for it, at the same time a baku, a dream creature named ..
Dual honours
Dual honours is a form of university degree course which covers two subject disciplines - e.g. Law and Philosophy. Typically, students' subjects are weighted 50/50, but weigthings of 75/25 or 66/33 are also common. The benefits of studying a dual honours course is without doubt, a broad knowledge b..
Dual in-line package
ICs in DIP14-Package Several PDIPs and CERDIPS. The large CERDIP in the foreground is an 8080 processor. Sockets for 16-, 14-, and 8-pin packages. In microelectronics, a dual in-line package (DIP), sometimes called a DIL package, is an electronic device package with a rectangular h..
Dual Independent Map Encoding
Dual Independent Map Encoding (DIME) is an encoding scheme developed by the US Bureau of the Census for efficiently storing geographical data. The committee behind the case study that eventually resulted in DIME was established in 1965, although the term DIME itself was first coined by George Farnsw..
Dual inheritance theory
Dual inheritance theory, (or DIT), in sharp contrast to the notion that "culture overrides biology," posits that humans are products of the interaction between biological evolution and cultural evolution. DIT assumes that culture, (including cultural transmission and cultural evolution), is both inf..
Dual intent
Dual intent is a United States immigration law concept. It refers to the concept that certain visitors may be temporarily present in the USA while acting in a manner that later leads to obtaining lawful permanent residence (green cards). Where dual intent is allowed, the foreign citizen may openly..
Dual isogeny
Given an isogeny [f : E \rightarrow E'] of elliptic curves of degree [n], the dual isogeny is an isogeny [\hat : E' \rightarrow E] of the same degree such that [f \circ \hat = [n].] Here [[n]] denotes the multiplication-by-[..
Dual key
Dual Key is a security concept that requires the authorization of two separate parties before a particular action is taken. The simplest form of Dual Key security is a lock that requires two keys to unlock it. The two keys would be in the posession of two separate persons. The lock could only be o..
Dual labour market
The Dual labour market theory divides the economy into two parts, called the “primary” and “secondary” sectors. The distinction may also be drawn between formal/informal sectors or sectors with high/low value-added. The secondary sector is characterised by short-term employment relationship..
Dual license
Licenses are granted by copyright holders to grant exceptions of copyright law to users for a work. Works can be made available under a single license, but the copyright holder has the option of making their work available under any number of licenses. Use in free software Dual licensing is use..
Dual loyalty
Dual loyalty is a term used to describe, a situation where a person has loyalty to two separate interests which potentially conflict with each other. Ethical dual loyalty A frequently cited example of the term "dual loyalty" is used in connection with physicians who must balance, on the one hand, ..
Dual mandate
A dual mandate is a term used for a person who has been elected to two different bodies with different competencies, for example being a member of both a national legislature, and of a local authority. In the Republic of Ireland, the dual mandate was recently abolished by the Local Government Act 2..
Dual meet
A dual meet is an athletic competition between two opposing teams (of a club, school, nation, etc.). The term "dual meet" is often used for racing sports (i.e. rowing, swimming, track and field, cross country, cycling, etc). It is also used in wrestling. ..
Dual mode propulsion rocket
Dual mode propulsion systems combine the high efficiency of bipropellant rockets with the reliability and simplicity of monopropellant rockets. Dual mode systems are either hydrazine/N2O4, or MMH/hydrogen peroxide (the former is much more common). Typically, this system works as follows: During the ..
Dual mode transit
Dual mode transit describes theoretical transportation systems in which vehicles operate on both public roads and on a guideway; thus using two modes of transport. In a typical dual mode transit system, private vehicles comparable to automobiles would be able to travel under driver control on the s..
Dual monarchy
Dual monarchy is a union of two monarchies where the thrones of each monarchy are integrated. The following are examples of dual monarchies. Austria-Hungary, a dual monarchy that existed from 1867 to 1918.Denmark-Norway, a dual monarchy that existed from 1536 to 1814.Various periods of personal un..
Dual naming
Dual naming is a policy for the naming of geographical landmarks, in which an official name is adopted that combines two previous names. Usually, the context is a conflict over which of the two previous names is most appropriate. In several countries, dual naming is used where a native people an..
Dual numbers
A variety of dualities in mathematics are listed at duality (mathematics). For the dual grammatical number found in some languages see dual grammatical number. In abstract algebra, the dual numbers are a particular two-dimensional commutative unital associative algebra over the real numbers, arisin..
Dual object
An object [A] of a monoidal category [(\mathbf,\otimes,I)] admits a dual when there exists an object [A^*] together with two morphisms [\eta_A:I\to A^*\otimes A] and [\varepsilon_A:A\otimes A^*\to I] such that [\lambda_A\circ(\varepsilon_A\otime..
Dual pair
In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics a dual pair or dual system is a pair of vector spaces with an associated bilinear form. A common method in functional analysis, when studying normed vector spaces, is to analyze the relationship of the space to its continuous dual, the vector..
Dual pipelining
Dual pipelining was introduced in the Intel Pentium processor. This technology allows the processor to break down a command into two shorter commands and execute them simultaneously when it receives a long command. If there are separate tasks that must be completed for a result that are independent..
Dual piping (water)
Dual piping is a system of plumbing installations used to supply both potable and reclaimed water to a home or business. Under this system, two completely separate water piping systems are used to deliver water to the user. This system prevents mixing of the two water supplies, which is undesirabl..
Dual polyhedron
A dual cube-octahedron. In geometry, polyhedra are associated into pairs called duals, where the vertices of one correspond to the faces of the other. The dual of the dual is the original polyhedron. The dual of a polyhedron with equivalent vertices is one with equivalent faces, and of one wi..
Dual power
Dual power is a concept first articulated in an article by Lenin, "The Dual Power," (dvoevlastie) which described a situation in the wake of the February Revolution in which two powers, the workers councils (or Soviets, particularly the Petrograd Soviet) and the official state apparatus of the Provi..
Dual Presidency Theory
The Dual Presidency Theory (also sometimes referred to as the 'Two Presidencies Thesis') is a theory proposed by the political scientist Aaron Wildavsky during the Cold War. Influenced by the time period of 1946-1964, the Dual Presidency Theory is based on the principle that there are two versions ..
Dual problem
In linear programming, the primary problem and the dual problem are complementary. A solution to either one determines a solution to both. Contents 1 Background2 Problem statement in the linear case3 The duality principle4 Relationship between the primal problem and the dual p..
Dual processor
In computer architecture, dual processor can refer to two different types of multiprocessing: A computer with two CPUsA dual-core CPU: two processors inside a single CPU core This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred..
Dual purpose gun
A dual purpose gun is a naval weapon mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets. Description Dual purpose guns are designed as a compromise between the heavy main armament of a surface combatant and dedicated antiaircraft guns. Usually of a mid-range caliber, the gun is heavy enough..
Dual quads
Dual Quads refers to a set of two 4-barrel carburetors on an intake manifold usually atop a V8 combustion automobile engine. Optional equipment available on certain General Motors, Chrysler and Ford muscle cars of the 50s and 60s. Basic theory of operation was similar to other multiple carburetor ..
Dual representation
In mathematics, if G is a group and ρ is a linear representation of it on the vector space V, then the dual representation [\bar] is defined over the dual vector space [\bar] as follows: [\bar(g)] is the transpose of ρ(g−1) for all g in G. Then [..
Dual resonance model
In theoretical physics, the term dual resonance models refers to the early investigation (1968-1974 or so) on strong interactions of the subject that is currently known as string theory. It was based upon the observation than the amplitudes for the s-channel scatterings matched exactly with the amp..
Dual role
Dual role (also known as Double role) refers to one actor playing two or more roles, which may be deliberately scripted in a play or film, or merely be a by-product of a low budget in one particular production. In theater, such as in the works of absurdists such as Tom Stoppard, characters played b..
Dual Scan
Dual Scan is an LCD technology, in which a screen is divided into two sections which are simultaneously refreshed giving faster refresh rate than traditional passive matrix screens. It offers low power consumption, but inferior sharpness and brightness compared to TFT screens. For several years, TFT..
Dual Sector model
The Dual Sector model, or the Lewis model, is a model in Developmental economics that explains the growth of a developing economy in terms of a labor transition between two sectors, a traditional agricultural sector and a modern industrial sector. Initially enumerated in an article entitled "Economi..
Dual space
In mathematics, the existence of a dual vector space reflects in an abstract way the relationship between row vectors (1×n) and column vectors (n×1). The construction can also take place for infinite-dimensional spaces and gives rise to important ways of looking at measures, distribution..
Dual superconducting model
In quantum gauge theory, the dual superconducting model is a proposed explanation of confinement as the dual of a superconductor. A superconductor, at least BCS superconductors, is another name for the Higgs mechanism. Suppose a gauge theory has monopoles. Monopoles are particles. The simplest cas..
Dual topology
In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics a dual topology is a locally convex topology on a dual pair, two vector spaces with a bilinear form defined on them, so that one vector space becomes the continuous dual of the other space. The different dual topologies for a given dual pair ..
Dual unionism
Dual unionism is the development of a union or political organization parallel to and within an existing labor union. In some cases, the term may refer to the situation where two unions claim the right to organize the same workers. Dual unionism is generally considered to be destructive of the soli..
Dual wavelet
In mathematics, a dual wavelet is the dual to a wavelet. In general, the wavelet series generated by a square integrable function will have a dual series, in the sense of the Riesz representation theorem. However, the dual series is not in general representable by a square integral function itself. ..
Duamutef
Duamutef in hieroglyphs N14-G14-t:f-or-N14:D37-t:f In Egyptian mythology, Duamutef (also known as Tuamutef) was one of the Four sons of Horus and a funerary god who protected the stomach and large intestines of mummified corpses, kept in a canopic jar. He was associated with the jackal and w..
Duane
Some of the information in this has not been [Verifiabilityverified] and might not be reliable. It should be checked for inaccuracies and modified as needed, [cite sourcesciting sources]. Duane is a given name for a male. Its origin is in the northern British Isles, and is deri..
Duane, New York
Duane is a town in Franklin County, New York, USA. The population was 159 at the 2000 census. The town is named after James Duane. The Town of Duane is within the Adirondack State Park in the south part of the county. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 Communities..
Duane-radial ray syndrome
Duane-radial ray syndrome is a rare disorder that affects the eyes and causes abnormalities of bones in the arms and hands. This condition is characterized by a particular problem with eye movement called Duane anomaly (also known as Duane syndrome). Duane anomaly results from the improper developme..
Duaner Sánchez
Duaner Sánchez (born October 14 1979) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the New York Mets. He bats and throws right-handed. Sánchez was born in Cotuí, Dominican Republic where he graduated from Francisco E. Carvajal High School in 1996. He was signed as an amateur free agent by the ..
Duanesburg, New York
Duanesburg is a town in Schenectady County, New York, USA. The population was 5,808 at the 2000 census. Duanesburg is named for Anthony Duane, who held most of it as an original land grant. His son, the revolutionary leader James Duane, began its development in the middle of the 18th century, and b..
Duanesburg (CDP), New York
Duanesburg CDP is a census-designated place within the Town of Duanesburg in Schenectady County, New York. The name of the CDP is the name of a hamlet in that region of the town. The census provides separate or additional population and demographic data for the more densely populated central setlem..
Duane 'Dewey' Clarridge
Duane Ramsdell "Dewey" Clarridge, (1932-) a CIA operative and director for more than 30 years, became famous in the mid-1980s for his role in the Contra end of the Iran-Contra Affair. Clarridge was born in New Hampshire in 1932 and joined the CIA in 1955 after finishing a graduate program at Columb..
Duane Ackerson
Duane Ackerson is an American writer of speculative poetry and fiction. He currently lives in Salem, Oregon. Duane Ackerson's work has appeared in anthologies that include The Year's Best SF 1974, 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, Future Pastimes, and the textbook Writing Poetry. He ha..
Duane Allman
Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American guitarist. Allman is regarded as one of the most influential rock and roll guitarists, noted for his mastery of the slide guitar as well as intensity and soulfulness on "standard" lead and rhythm guitar parts. In 2003 Ro..
Duane Arnold Energy Center
NRC Region Three(Northeast) Illinois Braidwood Byron Clinton Dresden LaSalle County Quad Cities Iowa Duane Arnold Michigan Donald C. Cook Enrico Fermi Palisades Minnesota Monticello Prairie Island Ohio Davis-Besse Perry Wisconsin Kewaunee Point Beach The Duane Arnold E..
Duane Barry
Duane Barry Affiliated with FBI First appearance Duane Barry Last appearance Ascension(regular)The Truth (archive footage) Portrayed by Steve Railsback Duane Barry is a fictional character from the television show, The X-Files. He is what is known as a repeat abductee, or a repe..
Duane Beeson
Duane W. Beeson (1921-1947) was a World War II fighter pilot, born and raised in Boise, Idaho. At the start of WWII Beeson went to Canada to join the Royal Air Force where he became a member of famed "Eagle squadron". When the opportunity presented itself Beeson joined the Eighth Air Force and acce..
Duane Benson
[] at NFL.comDuane Benson was an American college and professional football player. A linebacker, he played college football at Hamline University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Oakland Raiders. See also Other American Football League players ..
Duane Bickett
[] at NFL.com Duane Bickett (born December 1, 1962 in Los Angeles) is a former American football linebacker. Contents 1 College Career2 Professional Career3 Personal4 External Links College Career Bickett played college at the University of Southern California. ..
Duane Butler
Duane Butler (born November 9, 1973 in Trotwood, Ohio) is a former National Football League, XFL and current Canadian Football League linebacker for the Montreal Alouettes. College career Duane Butler attended Illinois State University. While there, he was a three time All-Conference selection, and..
Duane Carter
Duane Carter (May 5, 1913 – March 8, 1993) was a Formula One driver (Indy 500 only) from the United States. Born in Fresno, California, he participated in 8 grands prix, debuting on May 30, 1950. He scored 6.5 championship points. His son, Pancho Carter, was also a driver. Formula One Indy 500..
Duane Causwell
Duane Causwell (born May 31 1968 in Queens Village, New York), is an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 18th overall pick of the 1990 NBA Draft. He played 11 years in the NBA for the Kings and the Miami Heat averaging 4.9 ppg in his career. Caus..
Duane Chapman
Dog Chapman and wife Beth during their visit aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman (born February 1, 1953) is a bounty hunter who lives in Hawaii. He lists numerous captures on his website. Contents 1 Earlier Life2 Prison3 Career4&n..
Duane Cooper
Duane Cooper (born June 25, 1969 in Benton Harbor, Michigan), is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2nd round (36th overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft. A 6'1" guard from the University of Southern California, Cooper played two years in the..
Duane Courtney
Duane Courtney (born 7th January 1985, in Birmingham), is an English footballer, who plays for Burnley F.C. but is currently on the transfer list. Duane was signed from A.F.C. Telford United, in the summer transfer window of 2005, for fee of around £27,000. Courtney played with Derby County F..
Duane D. Hackney
Airman Second Class Duane D. Hackney, a United States Air Force Pararescueman, was awarded the Air Force Cross medal. On 6 February 1967, two HH-3 helicopters, Jolly Green 05 and Jolly Green 36, launched from the 37th ARRS at Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. They were attempting the recover..
Duane D. Thiessen
redirect[[Template:Portal]]Major General Duane D. Thiessen (born March 11, 1951 in Goessel, Kansas) Commander, United States Marine Corps Forces Korea and Assistant Chief of Staff, U/C/J5, United Nations Command,Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea. Major General Thiessen's previ..
Duane Denison
Duane Denison is a rock guitarist, formerly for The Jesus Lizard and Firewater and currently for Tomahawk. He began his musical career by studying classical guitar. ..
Duane E. Dewey
redirect[[Template:Portal]]Corporal Duane Edgar Dewey, of South Haven and Muskegon, Michigan, the first person to receive the Medal of Honor from President Dwight D. Eisenhower, earned the Nation’s highest award for heroism on 16 April 1952, when, although already wounded, he smothered an explodi..
Duane Eddy
Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938), is one of the most successful instrumentalists in Rock and Roll history. Contents 1 Early life and education2 Style3 Success4 Album production5 Awards6 External links7 Further reading7.1 Books7.2 Periodicals Early li..
Duane Elgin
Duane Elgin is an author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist. For more than three decades, he has researched and written about the personal and collective dimensions of the human journey. His name is especially linked to the topic of voluntary simplicity, on which he wrote several p..
Duane Espy
Duane Espy is the current hitting instructor for the Colorado Rockies baseball franchise. He has held this post since 23rd October 2002. Espy has helped farm back-to-back RBI champions (Preston Wilson's 141 RBIs in 2002 and Vinny Castilla's 131 RBIs in 2003). ..
Duane G. Carey
Duane Gene "Digger" Carey (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF), former NASA Astronaut. Born April 30, 1957 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Married to the former Cheryl Ann Tobritzhofer of St. Paul, Minnesota. They have two children. He enjoys motorcycle travel, racing motocross, camping, home-schooling his children,..
Duane Gill
Duane Gill, AKA Gillberg Duane Gill, best known as the Goldberg imitator Gillberg, is a former WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, holding the belt for 15 months. In the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment), he was a comedic jobber whose catchphrase was "Who's first?", a p..
Duane Gish
Duane Gish Duane Tolbert Gish (born February 17 1921) is an American young earth creationist, and former vice-president of the Institute for Creation Research. Contents 1 Biography2 Controversy and criticism3 Debates4 Trivia5 Bibliography Biography Gish, a twin, ..
Duane Graveline
Duane Edgar Graveline (M.D.) is a former NASA Astronaut. He is most famous for holding his breath for 8 minutes and 58 seconds while submerged in water in 1964. This was recently re-admired when, in 2006, David Blaine tried and failed to break this record. Contents 1 Personal data2 ..
Duane Hanson
200px Duane Hanson (January 17, 1925 - January 6, 1996) was an American post-modern sculptor known for his life-sized photorealistic works of humans, cast in various materials, including polyester resin, fiberglass, even Bondo® (an automotive repair body filler). Later works, starting in the ..
Duane Harden
Duane Harden is a male African American dance music vocalist and songwriter who has sung on several big nightclub hits by various producers. He started producing music in 1997 when he teamed up with Moises Modesto to form MODU Productions. Harden's first project was a co-producer and songwriter of "..
Duane Hudson
Colonel Duane Hudson was a British soldier who fought in Yugoslavia during World War II. Hudson, a mining engineer, was a rugby player, swimmer, rider, skier, boxer, and wrestler. He spoke six foreign languages and had a reputation as a ladies' man. When Winston Churchill created the Special Opera..
Duane Jones
Duane L. Jones (February 2, 1936 – July 22, 1988) was an American actor, best known for his role in the 1968 horror film Night of the Living Dead. A graduate of the Sorbonne, he studied acting in New York City. His role in Night of the Living Dead was the first occasion in which a black actor..
Duane Josephson
Duane Charles Josephson (June 3, 1942 - January 30, 1997) was a backup catcher who played for the Chicago White Sox (1965-69) and Boston Red Sox (1970-72). Josephson batted and threw right handed. He was born in New Hampton, Iowa. In an eight-season career, Josephson posted a .258 battin..
Duane Kuiper
Duane Eugene Kuiper (born June 19, 1950 in Racine, Wisconsin) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1974-1981) and San Francisco Giants (1982-1985). A good fielder but light hitter, remembered for hitting only one home run in over 3300 at-bats. His career..
Duane Lake, New York
Duane Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Schenectady County, New York, United States. The population was 357 at the 2000 census. The census designated place is named after a small lake in the south part of the Town of Duanesburg. Geography Duane Lake is located at [42°45′8″N, 74..
Duane Litfin
A. Duane Litfin is the president of Wheaton College in Wheaton Illinois. He holds an undergraduate degree in biblical studies and a master's degree in theology. His two doctorates are from Purdue University (Ph.D., Communication) and Oxford University (D.Phil., New Testament). He came to Wheaton ..
Duane Ludwig
Duane "BANG" Ludwig (August 4, 1978-) is an American kickboxer and MMA fighter. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Youth2 Record3 Career4 See also5 External links Biography Youth Duane Ludwig started practicing Muay Thai when he was 15 years old. Record Professional kickbox..
Duane M. Grubb
Sergeant Duane M. Grubb was a member of the 377th Military Police Company during the time it was stationed in Bagram. [Military jury selected in Afghan prisoner abuse case], The Jurist, November 3 2005 [Jury clears sergeant of abuse in Afghanistan], KRISTV His company shared res..
Duane Martin
Duane Martin Duane Martin (born on January 1 1970 in Hollywood, California, USA) is an African-American film and television actor. He has appeared in films such as White Men Can't Jump, Above the Rim, and Deliver Us From Eva, has played for the New York Knicks and is the husband of Martin star ..
Duane Michals
Duane Michals (b.February 18, 1932) is a self-taught American photographer. His work is noted for its innovation and artistry. Michals' style often features photo-sequences and the incorporation of text to examine emotion and philosophy, resulting in a unique body of work. Michals grew up in McKees..
Duane Pederson
The Rev. Fr. Duane Pederson is a former Jesus freak and leader of the Jesus Movement who, in his capacity as founding editor of the Hollywood Free Paper first coined the terms Jesus People and Jesus Movement. Pederson later converted to the Eastern Orthodox Church where, taking Holy Orders as an ar..
Duane Peters
--> Duane Peters is a punk rock singer/songwriter and professional skateboarder. He is married to Corey Parks and they have a son named Clash Thomas Peters. He was awarded the Transworld Skateboarding magazine's "Legend" award in 2003. He still rides for a subdivision of the Black Label Skateboa..
Duane Pomeroy
Duane Pomeroy (b. 1952) is a Kansas politician and teacher who has served on the Topeka city council countinuously since January 1993, was deputy mayor of Topeka, Kansas under Butch Felker, and then became acting mayor from November 2003 to early January 2004 after a scandal forced Felker's resignat..
Duane Reade
Duane Reade is a chain of ubiquitous drugstores/convenience stores, primarily located in New York City. Contents 1 History2 Expansion3 Criticism4 External links History The store was founded 1960 on Broadway between Duane and Reade Streets in lower Manhattan in the vicinity..
Duane Sammons
Duane Sammons is a 7th degree black belt in Goju Ryu karate [link]. One of the highest ranking black belts in this style of karate in the US, Duane Sammons is the chief instructor at The Bellingham Academy of Self Defense in Bellingham, Washington. External links [The Bellingham Acad..
Duane Simolke
Duane Simolke is an American writer who authored The Acorn Stories, Degranon: A Science Fiction Adventure, Holding Me Together, The Return of Innocence (with Toni Davis), and New Readings of Winesburg, Ohio. He also edited and co-wrote the spin-off The Acorn Gathering, donating that book’s royalti..
Duane Starks
[] at NFL.com Duane Starks (born May 23, 1974) is a cornerback who plays for the Oakland Raiders of the NFL and went to University of Miami. In his career with the New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals, and Baltimore Ravens, he has had one sack and 25 interceptions. He was one of the s..
Duane Sutter
Duane Calvin Sutter (born March 16, 1960 in Viking, Alberta) is a Canadian former forward player and former head coach in the National Hockey League. Daune was drafted by the New York Islanders in 1979 in the 1st round and as the 17th pick overall. During the following season he made is debut for ..
Duane syndrome
Duane syndrome (DS) is a rare, congenital eye movement disorder most commonly characterized by the inability of the eye to turn out. Most patients are diagnosed by the age of 10 years and DS is more common in girls (60 percent of the cases) than boys (40 percent of the cases). The syndrome was name..
Duane Ward
Roy Duane Ward (born May 28, 1964 in Park View, New Mexico) was a Major League Baseball reliever during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Ward attended Rancho Santiago Community District College in Orange County, California. Since 1988, Ward has lived in Las Vegas, Nevada. Contents 1 Early C..
Duane Whitaker
Duane Whitaker (born June 23, 1959 in Abilene, Texas) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino's popular 1994 film Pulp Fiction as Maynard, the rapist pawn shop owner. External links ..
Duanmu Hongliang
Duanmu Hongliang (Chinese: 端木蕻良; pinyin: Duānmù Hòngliáng; Wade-Giles: Tuan-mu Hung-liang, real name Cao Jingping) (25 October, 1912 in Liaoning) is a notable Chinese author whose works were prominent during the Second Sino-Japanese War and for whom the land and environment were pivotal ..
Duany Plater Zyberk & Company
Duany Plater Zyberk & Company (DPZ) is an architecture and town planning firm founded in 1980 by the husband-and-wife team of Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. It is one of the dominant firms specializing in new urbanist town planning in the United States and other countries, having complet..
Duan (tribe)
This article is part ofthe Sixteen Kingdomsseries. 16 Kingdoms Cheng Han Han Zhao Later Zhao Former Liang Later Liang Western Liang Northern Liang Southern Liang Former Qin Later Qin Western Qin Former Yan Later Yan Northern Yan Southern Yan Xia Not included in t..
Duan Albanach
The Duan Albanach (Song of the Scots) is a Middle Gaelic poem found with the Lebor Bretnach, a Gaelic version of the Historia Brittonum of Nennius, with extensive additional material (mostly concerning Scotland). It is found in a variety of Irish sources, and the usual version comes from the early ..
Duan Chengshi
Duan Chengshi (; Wade-Giles: Tuan Ch'engshih, d. 863) is known as the author of the earliest known version of Cinderella and a scholar of the Tang Dynasty of China. He was born to a wealthy family in present day Zibo, Shandong. In all probability, it was a folktale told by peasants before it was rec..
Duan Jing-zhu
Nicknamed the 'Golden-haired Dog', Duan Jingzhu of Zhuozhou prefecture was one of the 108 Liangshan bandits found in the epic Chinese tale, the Water Margin. Duan was born with red hair and a yellow beard, thus earning him the nickname. Readers are first introduced to Duan in the middle chapters, ..
Duan Qirui
Duan Qirui. Duàn Qíruì (段祺瑞) (Wade-Giles Tuan Ch'i-jui) (1864 – November 2, 1936) was a Chinese soldier and politician, commander in the Beiyang Army, and the Provisional Chief Executive of Republic of China (in Beijing) from November 24, 1924 to April 20, 1926. H..
Duan Sui
Duan Sui (段隨) (d. 386) was a ruler of the Chinese/Xianbei state Western Yan. He was the only ruler of the short-lived state who was not a member of the Murong clan, the imperial clan of Former Yan. He was a general under the emperor Murong Chong, whose people wanted to return east to their hom..
Duan Xi
Duan Xi (; Wade-Giles: Tuan Hsi, d. 110), was the last Protector General of the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty, served between 106-107. See also Battle of Yiwulu ..
Duan Xiushi
Duan Xiushi (段秀實)was a Tang commander in the Battle of Talas. ..
Duan Ye
(Bei) Liang Wang ((北)涼王) Family name: Duan (段; duàn) Given name: Ye (業, yè) Posthumous name: None Duan Ye (段業) (d. 401) was the first prince of the Chinese state Northern Liang. He was of Han ethnicity, and was originally a commandery governor of Later Liang, but after Xiong..
Duan Yucai
Duan Yucai (Traditional Chinese:段玉裁, pinyin: Duàn Yùcái, 1735 - 1815) was a Chinese philologist of the Qing Dynasty, most famous for his annotated edition of Shuōwén Jiězì. A native of Jintan, Jiangsu, he resigned his government post at the age of 46 ..
Duaringa, Queensland
Duaringa is a small town (pop. 500) and the administrative centre of the Duaringa Shire Local Government Area in central Queensland, Australia. The town lies on the Capricorn Highway, 116 kilometres west of Rockhampton. Duaringa Shire covers an area of 18,201 square kilometres and boasts a populatio..
Duars
The Duars or Dooars are flood plains of the River Brahmaputra in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal, and part of Bhutan. Many wars have been fought over them. These plains are very fertile. There are innumberable streams and rivers flowing through these fertile plains from the mountains of B..
Duarte
Duarte (alternative form of Edward, Eduardo in Portuguese and Spanish) is also a surname and could refer to a number of people: Duarte, king of Portugal, 1433-1438Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, former heir to the Portuguese throneDuarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese throneDuarte, Du..
Duarte, California
Duarte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 21,486. The name of the city is pronounced "'dwär-dE" by most locals, or often the Spanish pronunciation "du-WAhrrr-te" is used. Newscasters and others unfamiliar with the area generally say ..
Duarte (province)
Statistics Capital: San Francisco de Macorís Area: 1,605 km² Population (2000 est.): 318,151 Population Density: 198.2 / km² ISO 3166-2]]: DO-06 Map Duarte is a province of the Dominican Republic. It is named after Juan Pablo Duarte, founder of the Dominican Republic..
Duarte Barbosa
Duarte Barbosa (d. 1521) was a Portuguese writer and trader. Living in the 15th and the 16th century, his father was Diogo Barbosa. He travelled as a supernumerary with Ferdinand Magellan in the Armada de Molucca expedition along with approximately 260 people of various ranks. During his journey, h..
Duarte bicycle path
Contents 1 Description2 Entry Points / Parking3 Maintenance4 Current Condition5 Future plans6 References7 External links Description The Duarte bicycle path is a Class 1 bike path in Los Angeles County that parallels Royal Oaks Drive from Buena Vista Street to R..
Duarte Fernandes
Duarte Fernandes (16th century) Portuguese diplomat, was the first European to establish diplomatic relations with Thailand in 1511, under the orders of Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese Viceroy of India. ..
Duarte Freitas
Duarte Freitas (born August 10, 1966 in São Roque do Pico, Azores) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group. ..
Duarte Leite
Duarte Leite Prime Minister of Portugal(President of the Ministry) Order: 58th (4th of the Republic) Term of Office June 16, 1912 - January 9, 1913 Predecessor: Augusto de Vasconcelos Successor: Afonso Costa Date of Birth August 11, 1864 Place of Birth: Porto Date o..
Duarte Lobo
Duarte Lobo (c.1565–September 24, 1646) was a Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. He was the most famous Portuguese composer of the time. Along with Filipe de Magalhães, Manuel Cardoso, and John IV, King of Portugal, he is considered to represent the "golden age" ..
Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza
Portuguese Royalty House of Braganza ..
Duarte Pacheco Pereira
Duarte Pacheco Pereira Duarte Pacheco Pereira was a 15th century Portuguese captain and explorer of the Atlantic Ocean. He travelled particularly in the central Atlantic, west of Cape Verde, and in the coast of West Africa. His diary (1506), preserved in the Portuguese National Archive (Torre..
Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza
Duarte Pio of Bragança (born May 15 1945), pron. IPA [du'aɾtɨ piw], is the 24th Duke of Bragança and the pretender to the throne of Portugal. He is the eldest son of Duarte Nuno of Bragança (1907-1976) by his wife Princess Maria Francisca de Orleans e Bragança (1914-1968). His go..
Duartina
Duartina is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [22°24′52″S, 49°24′14″W]. The population in 2004 is 12,772 and the area is 265.35 km² The elevation is 520 m. ..
Duart Castle
Duart Castle, Isle of Mull Duart Castle, Isle of Mull Duart Castle is a castle on the west coast of Scotland, located on the Isle of Mull, within the council area of Argyll and Bute. The castle dates back to the 13th century. In 1691 the castle was surrendered to the Duke of Argyll and ..
Duar War
The Duar War was a war fought between British India and Bhutan in 1864–1865. Britain sent a peace mission to Bhutan in early 1864, in the wake of the recent conclusion of a civil war there. The dzongpon of Punakha – who had emerged victorious – had broken with the central government and set u..
Duas Igrejas (Paredes)
Duas Igrejas Duas Igrejas is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Paredes. It is 4.10 km² in area, with 3,843 inhabitants as of 2001. Parishes of Paredes municipality ..
Duat
Duat is also one of the many names by which the plant Syzygium cumini is known. In Egyptian mythology, Duat (or Tuat) (also called Akert or Amenthes) is the underworld, where the sun traveled from west to east during the night and where dead souls were judged by Anubis, using a feather, representing..
Duathlon
Duathlon is an athletic event (not to be confused with biathlon) that usually consists of a running leg, followed by a cycling leg and then another running leg in a format bearing some resemblance to triathlons. The world's largest duathlon to date is the inaugural London Duathlon, which took place..
DUATS
DUATS, or Direct User Access Terminal System is a privately funded computer system provided by Enflight. It was created to duplicate the functions of a Flight Service Station (FSS), and is accessible via Telnet or HTTP. Some commonly used services that DUATS provides are flight planning, flight pl..
Dua Sanamain Quraish
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Dua Sanamain Quraish (literally the Supplication of the two idols of Quraish), is a Shi'ite tradition, used in ..
Dušan
Dušan (Душан) is a Slavic name predominantly used by Serbs. People with Zoran as their names: Dušan Silni - Ruler (Serb)Dušan Radović - Journalist and Writer (Serb)Dušan Kovačević - Playwright (Serb)Dušan Matić - Poet (Serb)Dušan Makavejev - Pioneering director (Serb) ..
Dušan's Code
Dušan's Code is a legal code, one of two the most significant cultural-historical monuments of medieval Serbia, accompanying St. Sava's Nomokanon. It was presented by Tzar Dušan in two state congresses: in 1349 in Skopje and in 1354 in Serez. The original manuscript is not preserved, but..
Dušanovac
The Dušanovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Душановац), is an urban neighbourhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Voždovac. Contents 1 Location2 History3 Characteristics4 Transportation Location The Dušanovac is bounded by the other ..
Dušan Bajević
Dušan Bajević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Бајевић, Greek: Ντούσαν Μπάγεβιτς; born 10 December 1948, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb-Greek football manager and former football player. He is one of the most controversial figures in the histo..
Dušan Basta
Dušan Basta (born August 18 1984 in Belgrade, Serbia), defender, is the football player from Serbia and Montenegro currently playing for Red Star Belgrade. He has been named as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro national football team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. External links [Bastadusc..
Dušan Bogdanović
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Dušan Džamonja
Dušan Džamonja (born January 31 1928 in Strumica, south Yugoslavia; today Republic of Macedonia) is a modern sculptor from Croatia. Džamonja's work shows a tendency toward technical and formative experiments, reducing form to the dynamic and intense shapes of symbolical meaning. This study of ne..
Dušan Fitzel
Czech coach Dusan Fitzel has been apointed as the new coach for Malta after succeeding successful coach Horst Heese. Fitzel was born in 15 April 1963 at Bojnice, Czechoslovakia. He is married and has two children. He is a lecturer in coach education as well as a contributor of articles on soccer ..
Dušan Galis
Dušan Galis (born November 24 1949, Ružomberok) is former Slovak football player and trainer. He played for Slovan Bratislava (1977-81, Cádiz (1981-82), Žilina (1982), Hasselt (1982-83) and ZŤS Petržalka (1983-84). In Czechoslovak league he played 226 matches and with 89 goals. He was cappe..
Dušan Jocić
Dušan Jocić (Serbian: Душан Јоцић) (August 29, 19?? - unknown), widely known as Drago is a Serbian militia leader who acquired the status of a folk hero, but was also known as a war profiteer and organized crime leader. He was involved in the fight against the UÇK during the Kosovo war ..
Dušan Kalmančok
Dušan Kalmančok is a Slovak astronomer. He has discovered a number of asteroids. ..
Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovačević Dušan Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic Душан Ковачевић; born July 12, 1948 in Mrđenovac, Vojvodina, Serbia) is a Serbian playwright and director best known for his theater plays and movie scripts. As of 2005 he was appointed as ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, P..
Dušan Makavejev
Dušan Makavejev (Душан Макавејев in Cyrillic) (born 1932) is a Serbian film director, born in Belgrade, famous for his groundbreaking films of former Yugoslav cinema in late 1960s and early 1970s. Movies Man Is Not a Bird (1965)Love Affair; Or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Oper..
Dušan Matić
Dušan Matić (August 31 1898 - September 12 1980) was a Serbian poet, who along with Andre Breton and Joan Miró, was a leading Surrealist. External links [Brief Biography][Serbian Surrealism] ..
Dušan Petković
Dušan Petković (Cyrillic:Душан Петковић, born June 13, 1974) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for OFK Beograd. Petković has 11 caps for the Serbia and Montenegro national team and is the son of the team's former coach Ilija Petković. He was called..
Dušan Radović
Dušan Radović (29 November, 1922 – 16 August, 1984) was a Serbian journalist and writer. He was known for his poetry (especially children's poetry), books, television screenplays, and for his aphorisms. He is buried in Novo Groblje cemetery in Belgrade. External link [Biography] o..
Dušan Repovš
Dušan Repovš (born 1954) is a Slovenian mathematician. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana (1977) and received his Ph.D. from the Florida State University (1983). He is a Professor of Geometry and Topology at the University of Ljubljana and the Head of the Slovenian Topology and Geome..
Dušan Ristanović
Professor of Medical Biophysics on Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia. Prof. Dusan Ristanovic is author of more than 400 scientific papers, with over 150 cited publications. He was also head of the Yugoslav Biophysical Association and Head of the Department of Biophysics,..
Dušan Savić
Dušan "Dule" Savić (born in Ub, Serbia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian former football player. He started playing football in the local side Jedinstvo Ub in his home town. Savić arrived for a tryout at Red Star's Marakana stadium on March 21, 1972, and was promptly includ..
Dušan Slobodník
Dušan Slobodník (11 April 1927, Pezinok - 13 December 2001, Bratislava) was a Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician. He attended the elementary school and high school of Zvolen. In February and March 1945 (at the time of the First Slovak Republic), as a member of the semi-oblig..
Dušan Švantner
Dušan Švantner is a member of Slovak National Party. He was a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic from 1994 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2002. He was born in Brezno and still lives there. ..
Dušan Uhrin
Dušan Uhrin (born February 5, 1943) is a Czech football coach. He coached the Czech Republic national football team at the 1996 UEFA European Championship, where the Czech Republic was silver. ..
Dušan Vukotić
Dušan Vukotić (1927–1998) was an author and director of short animated films from Croatia, with Montenegrin roots. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films. He won many prizes, including an Oscar for best animated short in 1961 for Surogat ("Ersatz"), being the fir..
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